Fixture



Feb. 6, B'Y y JAMES l FIXTURE Filed Jan. 15, 1942 ff Tram/Er:

Patented Feb. 6, 1945 ze f'- Bill Y. James, Miami, Okla., assigner of one-half to Caroline Y. James, Miami, Okla. Application January 15, 1942, Serial No. 426,882

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an article of manufacture in the nature of a fixture usable as a means for attaching bows or decorations to packages where the latter does not have circumscribing twine, cables, ribbons or other attenuating parts to which the bow or the like may be affixed.

I an opening yI4 therethrough at the center.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a fixture through the medium of which a decorative bow may be secured to a package, which fixture comprises a neat, compact inexpensive and effective article including a at annulus, means for quickly and conveniently securing the annulus to any part of the package, and an element formed to receive a portion of the bow or other decorative member.

At the present time, many packages comprise an outer wrapping held in place by means other than the conventional, well-known circumscribing twine or ribbon. When such a package is created, the attachment thereto of decorative bows is virtually impossible without providing a length of twine that passes around the package in at least two directions. Since decorative packages cannot be created without the addition of some ornamental element other than the wrapping per se, this invention contemplates the provision of a small fixture capable of forming the medium of securement Abetween package wrapping ,and the bow, or other decorative article. The fixture is strong yet small enough to bevirtually concealed by the bow, and the parts therefor to which the bow is directly attached is especially designed to permit ease of manipulation, as will hereinafter be more fully set down.

The manner of constructing a xture in accordance with this invention, is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. l is a perspective View of a package having a decorative bow thereon which is held in place by a xture embodying the concepts of this invention. v

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the flxture.

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross sectional view taken on line III-III of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a fixture made in accordance with Aa modified form of the invention; and

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross sectional View taken on line V--V of Fig. 4.

In the illustrated manner of using a fixture having a combination of p arts as contemplated, the bow 8 is mounted upon a package thatis generally designated by the numeral IU and about which no cords, ribbons or other means for holding bow 8 in place need be wrapped.

Figs. 2 and 3 clearly illustrate one form of the fixture, and in these figures the numeral I2 designates the relatively flat body or annulus having One side of body I2 has a coating of adhesive material I6 thereover through the medium of which the fixture may be fastened to package I0. 'This adhesive material I6 is of Well-known character and should be of the type that must be moistened before it becomes effective.

A bridging element I8 extends across opening I4 and inthe instance shown in Figs. 2 and 3, comprises a short length of wire, the ends 20 of which enter body I2 at points diametrically opposite to effect securement. The central portion of element I8 is arched as at 22 to present a-length thereof spaced outwardly from the plane of the opposite side of body I2. The width of element I8 is extremely less than the diameter of the underlying opening I4, and therefore, cavities on each side of element I8 are present when the fixture is in place. It is into these cavities and beneath the arched portion 22 of element I8 that a short length of bow 8 may be passed to hold the same in position. Bow 8 may be preformed, if desired, and thereafter fastened to element |78 bya separate piece of the material from which said bow 8 is created.

a medium of attaching the fixture to the pack\ age I0. Y

Member 54, in this instance, is integral with body 50 and pressed outwardlyv during the manufacture and as the material is being removed to form opening 52.

Obviously, fixtures of the character shown and described may rbe widely used in conserving cord, twine, ribbon, tape and other materials heretofore conventionally used in attaching decorative members, such as bow 8 to gift packages. The

convenience and speed with which a bow may be` attached results from the special contour of bridging members I8 and 54, as the case may be, and while particular details of construction have been hereinabove specied with respect to two forms of the invention, it is understood that xtures having different characteristics than those described may be produced without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new `and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

A fixture for attaching bows orv the like toA packages, comprising a normally fiat, flexible 10 body provided with an opening therethrough; a coating of adhesive covering the surface of one side of the Woody; and a relatively thin exible wire element adapted to engage over a bow of ribbon bridging the opening'of the annulus above the plane of the opposite side of the body, the ends of the wire element being secured to the exible body at diametrically opposite points.

BILL Y. JAMES. 

